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Hag Plantation

14 ha

📷 Neil Theasby · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dunnock and Robin
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦61+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Dunnock and Robin
🌿Foraging is at its best in summer here
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird +58 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird +58 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hawthorn, Garlic Mustard, Wild Strawberry +16 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Ash, Hawthorn, Yellow Star-thistle +120 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Ash, Hawthorn, Yellow Star-thistle +120 more · last seen 2025

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Small Black Ant, Yellow Meadow Ant, Metopoplax ditomoides +9 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Small Black Ant, Yellow Meadow Ant, Metopoplax ditomoides +9 more · last seen 2025

Free

Forest walks

Moderate match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

5 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

🐴

Horse riding

2 public paths nearby

Public paths

No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.

Wildlife to spot

8,002 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

8,002 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Dunnock · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Wren +58

DunnockPrunella modularis2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Great TitParus major2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
MagpiePica pica
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
SwiftApus apus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
Willow TitPoecile montanus2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
Greenland WheatearOenanthe oenanthe leucorhoa2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2022
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022

🦌

Mammals2 species

springsummer

2023

Red Fox · Hedgehog

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐝

Insects12 species

summer

2025

Small Black Ant · Yellow Meadow Ant · Metopoplax ditomoides · Psammotettix alienus · Myrmica scabrinodis +7

Small Black AntLasius niger
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
Metopoplax ditomoidesMetopoplax ditomoides
Psammotettix alienusPsammotettix alienus
Myrmica scabrinodisMyrmica scabrinodis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Dusky AntFormica fusca
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatusRhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatus2024
Cassida vibexCassida vibex2024
SyrphusSyrphus2022

🌿

Plants123 species

summer

2025

Ash · Yellow Star-thistle · Hawthorn · Springbeauty · Greater Plantain +118

AshFraxinus excelsior
Yellow Star-thistleCentaurea solstitialis
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum
Curled DockRumex crispus
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Bush VetchVicia sepium
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
New Zealand PigmyweedCrassula helmsii
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
BroomCytisus scoparius
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Field PansyViola arvensis
HollyIlex aquifolium
Rosa caninaRosa canina
RhododendronRhododendron
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
Common NettleUrtica dioica
IvyHedera helix
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
ElderSambucus nigra
GorseUlex europaeus
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Fat-henChenopodium album
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Large-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glazioviana
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Hare's-foot CloverTrifolium arvense
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Wild MignonetteReseda lutea
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
BuglossLycopsis arvensis
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
NipplewortLapsana communis
GypsywortLycopus europaeus
Grey WillowSalix cinerea subsp. cinerea
Corn MintMentha arvensis
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
YewTaxus baccata
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
White CampionSilene latifolia
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
SoapwortSaponaria officinalis
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
White CloverTrifolium repens
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus
Sessile OakQuercus petraea
Wood-RushLuzula
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
Indet. ComfreySymphytum
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella
Spiked SedgeCarex spicata
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
Common FiddleneckAmsinckia micrantha
HawkweedHieracium
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Small-fruited Prickly-sedgeCarex muricata subsp. pairae
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
DandelionTaraxacum
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Common VetchVicia sativa
KnotgrassPolygonum
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Narrow-leaved Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus tenuis
OsierSalix viminalis
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
Common ReedPhragmites australis
LucerneMedicago sativa subsp. sativa
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Biting StonecropSedum acre
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris
Golden DockRumex maritimus
Smooth Cat's-earHypochaeris glabra
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2024
BugleAjuga reptans2023
WillowSalix2023
OakQuercus2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

8,002 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Dunnock · Robin · Blackbird · Blue Tit · Wren +58

DunnockPrunella modularis2024
RobinErithacus rubecula2024
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Great TitParus major2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2024
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
LinnetLinaria cannabina2024
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2024
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2024
Coal TitPeriparus ater2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus2024
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
RedwingTurdus iliacus2024
KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
JayGarrulus glandarius2023
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
BuzzardButeo buteo2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2023
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella2023
MagpiePica pica
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2024
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
SkylarkAlauda arvensis2024
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
SwiftApus apus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
LapwingVanellus vanellus2024
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti2024
Willow TitPoecile montanus2023
NuthatchSitta europaea2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2023
Greenland WheatearOenanthe oenanthe leucorhoa2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
RookCorvus frugilegus2023
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
WoodcockScolopax rusticola2022
Grey PartridgePerdix perdix2022
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2022
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2022
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2022

🦌

Mammals2 species

springsummer

2023

Red Fox · Hedgehog

Red FoxVulpes vulpes
HedgehogErinaceus europaeus

🐝

Insects12 species

summer

2025

Small Black Ant · Yellow Meadow Ant · Metopoplax ditomoides · Psammotettix alienus · Myrmica scabrinodis +7

Small Black AntLasius niger
Yellow Meadow AntLasius flavus
Metopoplax ditomoidesMetopoplax ditomoides
Psammotettix alienusPsammotettix alienus
Myrmica scabrinodisMyrmica scabrinodis
7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
Hairy ShieldbugDolycoris baccarum
Dusky AntFormica fusca
Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
Rhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatusRhopalus (Rhopalus) parumpunctatus2024
Cassida vibexCassida vibex2024
SyrphusSyrphus2022

🌿

Plants123 species

summer

2025

Ash · Yellow Star-thistle · Hawthorn · Springbeauty · Greater Plantain +118

AshFraxinus excelsior
Yellow Star-thistleCentaurea solstitialis
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
SpringbeautyClaytonia perfoliata
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
Cat's-earHypochaeris radicata
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Alsike CloverTrifolium hybridum
Curled DockRumex crispus
Silver BirchBetula pendula
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Bush VetchVicia sepium
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris
New Zealand PigmyweedCrassula helmsii
Cut-leaved Crane's-billGeranium dissectum
Smooth Sow-thistleSonchus oleraceus
Common FleabanePulicaria dysenterica
BroomCytisus scoparius
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
Field PansyViola arvensis
HollyIlex aquifolium
Rosa caninaRosa canina
RhododendronRhododendron
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Scented MayweedMatricaria chamomilla
Common NettleUrtica dioica
IvyHedera helix
BrambleRubus fruticosus
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
ElderSambucus nigra
GorseUlex europaeus
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Fat-henChenopodium album
Buck's-horn PlantainPlantago coronopus
Large-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glazioviana
Wild CarrotDaucus carota
Wild StrawberryFragaria vesca
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur
Hare's-foot CloverTrifolium arvense
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Wild MignonetteReseda lutea
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
BuglossLycopsis arvensis
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Scentless MayweedTripleurospermum inodorum
NipplewortLapsana communis
GypsywortLycopus europaeus
Grey WillowSalix cinerea subsp. cinerea
Corn MintMentha arvensis
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
RedshankPersicaria maculosa
YewTaxus baccata
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
White CampionSilene latifolia
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne
Common PoppyPapaver rhoeas
SoapwortSaponaria officinalis
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea
White CloverTrifolium repens
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Wall BarleyHordeum murinum
GroundselSenecio vulgaris
Black-bindweedFallopia convolvulus
Sessile OakQuercus petraea
Wood-RushLuzula
Goat's-beardTragopogon pratensis
Common CentauryCentaurium erythraea
Indet. ComfreySymphytum
Sheep's SorrelRumex acetosella
Spiked SedgeCarex spicata
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
Hairy TareErvilia hirsuta
Canadian FleabaneErigeron canadensis
Common FiddleneckAmsinckia micrantha
HawkweedHieracium
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia
Shepherd's-purseCapsella bursa-pastoris
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Small-fruited Prickly-sedgeCarex muricata subsp. pairae
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
DandelionTaraxacum
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Common Stork's-billErodium cicutarium
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus
Common VetchVicia sativa
KnotgrassPolygonum
Lesser BurdockArctium minus
Narrow-leaved Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus tenuis
OsierSalix viminalis
Fox-and-cubsPilosella aurantiaca
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
Water Forget-me-notMyosotis scorpioides
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia
Common ReedPhragmites australis
LucerneMedicago sativa subsp. sativa
Field BindweedConvolvulus arvensis
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Biting StonecropSedum acre
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Hedge MustardSisymbrium officinale
Crab AppleMalus sylvestris
Golden DockRumex maritimus
Smooth Cat's-earHypochaeris glabra
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum2024
Greater PeriwinkleVinca major2024
BugleAjuga reptans2023
WillowSalix2023
OakQuercus2023

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Neil Theasby · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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